New access

[Bill the Bass]

Got a neighbouring house holder wanting an access over a ransom strip, does this need solicitor input or can it be done by a simple letter/note of consent?

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Two things come to mind. Yes you do need a solicitor and how much!!

 

[Sid]

You got to think about when the neighbour sells up and you get the "neighbours from hell" next door!

 

[br jones]

Got a neighbouring house holder wanting an access over a ransom strip, does this need solicitor input or can it be done by a simple letter/note of consent?

Yes ,get legal ,get protected and get them to pay

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Depending on what they want, and what you have to offer,

If they only want a little short bit of access, and their your neighbours ( even if private house) and it won't inconvenience you, i would say they could have it on a 363 day shorthold tenancy, for a nominal rent, but they have to pay costs,
And just block it off for a couple of days a year with a trailer or the likes,
This will stop them getting right of access through continued use
As they say, keep your friends close, and your enemies closer,
As if in future they cause any problems your can stop them at end of year, and they will know this, so they will behave hopefully, this could help you long term , in terms of planning mud on road, and lots of other things, money is not everything for a quiet life

 

[HolzKopf]

Neighbours are a f****** nuisance - full stop. Ag houses bought by urbos and London money with hedges, tracks, maintenance and village life a complete anathema. We ignore them, most aren't worth a carrot

HK

 

[onthehoof]

Got a neighbouring house holder wanting an access over a ransom strip, does this need solicitor input or can it be done by a simple letter/note of consent?

Can you fill us in with a few more details?
Assume they already have an access why do they want another

 

[Bill the Bass]

Can you fill us in with a few more details?
Assume they already have an access why do they want another

They have an access out the front of the houses but the back gardens back onto an adopted road and we have a ransom strip between the two (road and garden). Access across the strip would facilitate off street parking.

 

[Highland Mule]

They have an access out the front of the houses but the back gardens back onto an adopted road and we have a ransom strip between the two (road and garden). Access across the strip would facilitate off street parking.

Are you inclined to agree or deny the request? As a bare rule of thumb, you should consider that a permanent agreement would add to the value of the house and a typical figure would be for you to get 1/3 of the uplift value. If I recall, @Clive has an ongoing case with someone doing similar, albeit without prior permission.

it’s also worth thinking that the premium for off street parking will only go up, as electric cars become more popular and need charged at home.

 

[Surgery]

Had someone dig a verge up down a private road to create a new entrance (without permission) so eager to hear if someone’s had similar , they have no other parking than across our verge.

 

[Still Farming]

Ransom means as on the tin.
"Ransom"!

 

[Bill the Bass]

Are you inclined to agree or deny the request? As a bare rule of thumb, you should consider that a permanent agreement would add to the value of the house and a typical figure would be for you to get 1/3 of the uplift value. If I recall, @Clive has an ongoing case with someone doing similar, albeit without prior permission.

it’s also worth thinking that the premium for off street parking will only go up, as electric cars become more popular and need charged at home.

Happy to agree the request and don't really want to be too greedy - we have agreed a price. Just wondering if there is any need to involve solicitors who I am fairly fed with.

 

[Dry Rot]

Just be aware that if you grant 'A' access over your land, 'A' now has access for anything he cares to put on his land unless you tie him down legally, which might include a housing estate. caravan park, refuse tip, etc. Accesses are valuable, Get professional advice from qualified people with relevant experience, not off a newsgroup.

 

[teslacoils]

Land law without a solicitor? Good luck. Maybe you just need a better one?

 

[onthehoof]

They have an access out the front of the houses but the back gardens back onto an adopted road and we have a ransom strip between the two (road and garden). Access across the strip would facilitate off street parking.

Is there room to build another house in the back garden? Just about everyone around here with only a medium size garden has sold off a building plot or two, you’d be amazed at some of the places you can fit a new build in.

 

[betweenthelines]

It's your ransom strip because you decide who can use it.

You give someone else a Right to use it and they can pass it on to whoever they sell to.

So it's no longer your Ransom strip.

 

[Kidds]

I think the answer to your question is yes, you do need a solicitor. Doesn't have to be one you already use.

 

[HolzKopf]

Had someone dig a verge up down a private road to create a new entrance (without permission) so eager to hear if someone’s had similar , they have no other parking than across our verge.

Hmmm, this is deja-vu for us. First place to start is their (and your) title deed or even the old deeds if you have them to see if their right of way down the private road states 'along the roadway' or words to that effect rather than 'roadway and verges'. Also how is the roadway shaded on the title plan? - roadway only or roadway and verges?

Keep us posted

HK

 

[Banana Bar]

They have an access out the front of the houses but the back gardens back onto an adopted road and we have a ransom strip between the two (road and garden). Access across the strip would facilitate off street parking.

In which case it’s worth a fortune. Go legal.

 

[Surgery]

Hmmm, this is deja-vu for us. First place to start is their (and your) title deed or even the old deeds if you have them to see if their right of way down the private road states 'along the roadway' or words to that effect rather than 'roadway and verges'. Also how is the roadway shaded on the title plan? - roadway only or roadway and verges?

Keep us posted

HK

Yep sounds the same.

Our Title deeds quote for all times purposes over and along , theirs over-along and upon.

slight issue in track and verge shaded the same colour thou.

didn’t think we had any chance of stopping them but since have found a precedent in a similar case , our verge was dropped to allow access ,precedent case was the same circumstance , we never gave any permission to do so , we will be sending a letter to them to express our right to reinstate the verge to its forma state , hedged and fenced.

the old owner lives down the same drive and was a property man , he was the one who created the access issue , so had filled the new owners head with all kinds of lies regarding what we can do and their rights to use the track , he also when selling said house got them new vendor to use the same firm of solicitor which given the new vendor is a estate agent is mind boggling.

plenty more if required!!